Job 38
1 Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,
Kalpasanna, inawagan ni Yahweh ni Job manipud iti nadawel a bagio ket kinunana,
2 “(Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.) [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!
“Siasino daytoy a mangiiyeg iti kinasipnget kadagiti panggepko babaen kadagiti sasao nga awanan ti pannakaamo?
3 I want to ask you [some] questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.
Ita, agbarikeska a kas maysa a lalaki ta agsaludsodak kenka, ket masapul a sungbatannak.
4 (“Where were you/Were you there with me) [long ago] when I (laid the foundations of/created) the earth? Since you know so much, tell me [where you were at that time].
Sadino ti ayanmo idi inkabilko ti pundasion ti daga? Ibagam kaniak, no addaanka iti adu a pannakaawat.
5 Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely [since you think that you know so much, ] you should know that!
Siasino ti nangikkeddeng iti rukodna? Ibagam kaniak, no ammom. Siasino ti nangiyunnat iti pangrukod iti rabawna?
6 What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars [that shine early] in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully [when they saw that happening], who laid that cornerstone? [Did you?]
Ania ti nakaikabilan dagiti pundasionna? Siasino ti nangikabil iti bato a pasulina
idi nagkanta dagiti bituen iti agsapa ken idi nagpukkaw gapu iti rag-o dagiti amin nga annak ti Dios?
8 “When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?
Siasino ti nangiserra kadagiti ruangan ti baybay idi nagpussuak daytoy, a kasla rimmuar daytoy iti aanakan—
9 It was I, [not you, ] who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark [under those clouds].
idi pinagbalinko dagiti ulep a kawesna, ken ti nakaro a sipnget a lampinna?
10 I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers [so that the water would not come over the land].
Dayta ket idi sinennialak ti pagpatinggaak iti baybay, ken idi inkabilko dagiti balunet ken dagiti ridawna,
11 [I pointed to the shore] and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’
ken idi imbagak iti daytoy, 'Aginggaka laeng ditoy ngem saankan a lumabes pay; ditoy ti pangikabilak iti pagpatinggaan dagiti napalangguad a dalluyonmo.'
12 “Job, have you [ever] commanded the morning [to begin]? Have you [ever] told the dawn to start a new day?
Manipud nangrugi dagiti bukodmo nga aldaw, napadasmo kadin a binilin ti agsapa tapno mangrugin, ken ti bannawag ti agsapa tapno maammoanna ti lugar a pakaibilanganna kadagiti banbanag,
13 Have you [ever] told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?
tapno maiggamanna dagiti igid ti daga tapno mawagwag dagiti nadangkes a tattao a rummuar iti daytoy?
14 When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.
Nagbaliw ti langa ti daga a kasla iti panagbaliw ti pitak iti sirok ti selio; amin a banbanag nga adda iti daytoy ket agbalin a nalawag a kasla kadagiti kupin ti maysa a pagan-anay.
15 When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness [that they like]; [in the daylight] they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.
Manipud kadagiti nadangkes a tattao ket naikkat ti lawagda, natukkol ti nakangato nga imada.
16 “[Job, ] have you traveled to the springs [in the bottom of the ocean] from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?
Napanka kadin kadagiti pagtataudan ti danum iti baybay? Nagnaka kadin iti kaadaleman a paset ti baybay?
17 Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?
Naipakita kadin kenka dagiti ruangan ti patay? Nakitam kadin dagiti ruangan ti anniniwan ti patay?
18 Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!
Naawatam kadin ti kinalawa ti daga? Ibagam kaniak no ammom amin dagitoy.
19 “Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And [can you tell me] where darkness lives?
Sadino ti dalan nga agturong iti paginanaan ti lawag— maipapan iti kinasipnget, sadino ti lugarna?
20 Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?
Maidalanmo kadi ti lawag ken ti sipnget kadagiti lugar a pagtrabahoanda? Mabirukam kadi ti dalan nga agsubli kadagiti balbalayda para kadakuada?
21 I am sure that you know these things, because you [talk as though you] were born before the time when all things were created; you [must] be very old!
Awan dua-dua nga ammom, gapu ta naiyanakka idin; adu unayen ti bilang dagiti aldawmo!
22 “Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?
Nastrekmo kadin dagiti pagidulinan ti niebe wenno nakitam kadin dagiti pagidulinan ti uraro,
23 I store the snow and the hail [in order that I can use them to help my people] when [they have] troubles, in times when [they are fighting] wars [DOU].
dagitoy a banbanag nga induldulinko para iti tiempo ti riribuk, para kadagiti aldaw ti ranget ken gubat?
24 And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?
Ania ti dalan a pakawarasan ti kimat wenno sadino ti nakaipul-oyan ti angin a manipud iti daya iti rabaw ti daga?
25 Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?
Siasino ti nangaramid kadagiti pagayusan dagiti layus ti tudo wenno siasino ti nangaramid kadagiti pagnaan ti kanabruong ti gurruod,
26 Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?
a mangpatudo kadagiti daga nga awan matagtagitaona, ken iti let-ang, nga awan ti uray maysa nga agbibiag,
27 Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?
tapno masabet dagiti kasapulan ti natikag ken nabay-bay-an a paset ti daga, ken tapno maparusing dagiti naganus a ruot?
28 Does the rain have a father? Does the dew [also] have a father?
Adda kadi ama ti tudo? Siasino ti nangpataud kadagiti tedted ti linnaaw?
29 And from whose womb does ice come [in the (winter/cold season)]? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?
Siasino ti akin aanakan ti nagtaudan ti yelo? Asino ti nangipasngay iti niebe manipud iti tangatang?
30 [In the winter, ] the water [freezes and] becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.
Aglemmeng ti danum ket agbalin a kasla bato; timmangken ti rabaw ti adalem a danum.
31 “[Job], can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?
Mareppetmo kadi kadagiti kawar dagiti “Pleiades,” wenno mawarwarmo kadi dagiti galut ti “Orion”?
32 Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide [the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are] the Big Bear and the Little Bear?
Maiturongmo kadi dagiti banbanag iti tangatang nga agparang iti umno a panawenda? Maidalanmo kadi dagiti oso ken dagiti annakna?
33 Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule [everything here] on the earth?
Ammom kadi dagiti alagaden ti tangatang? Maisaadmo kadi ti linteg ti tangatang iti rabaw ti daga?
34 “Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?
Mapapigsaam kadi ti timekmo aggingga kadagiti ulep, tapno malapunosnaka ti bumayakabak a tudo?
35 Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’
Maparuarmo kadi dagiti kimat, nga ibagada kenka, 'Adtoy kami'?
36 Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?
Siasino ti nangikabil iti kinasirib kadagiti ulep wenno nangted iti pannakaawat iti angep?
37 And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky [to cause the rain to fall],
Siasino ti makabilang kadagiti ulep babaen iti laingna? Siasino ti makaibuyat iti lalat a pagkargaan ti danum iti tangatang
38 with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry (clods/lumps of soil) [become wet and] stick together?
inton agtutukel dagiti tapok ken agdidikket dagiti bingkol?
39 “When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, [waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, ] can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that [she and] her cubs can [eat the meat and] not be hungry any more?
Makaanupka kadi iti ayup a para iti kabaian a leon wenno mabussogmo kadi dagiti urbonna
inton kumkumlebda kadagiti rukibda ken aglemlemmengda iti kasamekan nga agur-uray?
41 Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me [for food], [when they are so weak] because of their lack of food [that] they (stagger around/can hardly stand up) [in their nests]?”
Siasino ti mangipapaay kadagiti ayup para kadagiti uwak no umasug dagiti annakda iti Dios ken agdiwerdiwerda gapu iti kinaawan ti taraonda?
